LG Optimus 2X: first dual-core smartphone launches with Android, 4-inch display, 1080p video recording
That's right, it's official. Needless to say, that LG Star we recently got our paws on is very real, though it won't go by that name at retail -- just as LG's own release materials had suggested , this monster has picked up the Optimus 2X name as it morphs from a prototype into brutally fast, overpowered reality. At the phone's heart beats a dual-core Tegra 2 processor running at 1GHz, the first such configuration to be officially announced by any smartphone manufacturer (though we're expecting others any day now).
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: breakingnews, core, europe, froyo, gingerbread, microsd, optimus, press, prototype, retail, star, starters, storage, Units
Samsung Epic 4G showing up in Sprint stores — and no, you can’t have them
Samsung Epic 4Gs earmarked for product advocates at Sprint retail locations -- folks whose job it is to know everything about key devices -- apparently started to roll in on Monday of this week.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: after-the-epic, boston, engadget-mobile, know-everything, mobile, retail, samsung, samsung-epic, sprint, store, tipster, Units, wimax
First batch of Windows Phone 7 applications may include Yelp and YouTube
Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 was missing a critical feature -- web video -- when we previewed it late last month, but it appears the platform may have at least a YouTube solution before all is said and done. A former Microsoft program manager with access to the Windows Phone 7 Marketplace tweeted the above picture earlier this week, which shows that there are at least placeholders for a variety of games and productivity tools as well as Yelp and YouTube -- the latter of which is listed as a "Music Hub Add-On." We tried to access the catalog ourselves from our test units and didn't see any new apps or updates, but it's possible this particular branch is restricted to Microsoft partner developers for the time being; we'd hate to think Microsoft was actively blocking our Keyboard Cat fix.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apps, apps-or-updates, keyboard, microsoft, program-manager, tools, tools-as-well, Units, windows, windows-phone, windowsphone, windowsphone7, windowsphone7series, youtube
Windows Phone 7 Series preview, MIX10 edition
We just spent some quality time with the MIX10 build of Windows Phone 7 Series running on the same prototype hardware sourced from Garmin-Asus that we saw at MWC -- and apart from a few Murphy's Law-style demo hiccups, we loved what we saw. One thing that immediately caught our attention was the fact that lists of items "compress" slightly once you've reached their end -- something we hadn't noticed before.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: attention, mix10, platform, result, Units, windows phone 7 series, windows-phone, windowsphone7, wp7s
Smartphone GPS shootout: Google, Ovi, and Verizon go head-to-head
It wasn't long ago that getting somewhere required a map on paper.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: battlefield, BlackBerry, dashboard, featured, n97mini, navigator, review, Units, vznavigator
Navgear ME201133 Universal Dashboard Mount for Portable GPS Units
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Opteka Universal Studio Soft Box Flash Diffuser for Canon EOS, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Sony, Sigma, & Other External Flash Units
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Opteka Universal Studio Soft Box Flash Diffuser for Canon EOS, Nikon, Olympus, Pentax, Sony, Sigma, & Other External Flash Units